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Over the past 5 years, Oleksandr Usyk had 5 fights with the British, in which he celebrated 5 confident victories
WBA, IBF, and WBO World Boxing Champion Oleksandr Usyk can already hold a megafight on December 23, with the title of absolute champion at stake. WBC champion Tyson Fury will become the fifth Briton in Usyk's professional boxing career. In all previous fights, the Ukrainian won against representatives of Great Britain, and Anthony Joshua won twice.
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Attempt #1. Spectacular knockout in Manchester
In the summer of 2018, Usyk inflicted a crushing defeat on Murat Gasiyev in Moscow and won the title of absolute champion in cruiserweight. After the announcement of the referee's decision right in the ring, the Ukrainian received an offer from the British Tony Bellew's team. Before that, Tony sensationally defeated compatriot David Haye by technical knockout twice in a row, and the rematch took place in May 2018. Bellew had already promised his wife to end his boxing career, but Usyk's victory, which allowed the Ukrainian to combine all four championship belts in cruiserweight, inspired Tony to return to the ring for one more fight. The promoters of the boxers Eddie Hearn and Oleksandr Krasiuk quickly agreed on a megafight, which took place on November 10, 2018 at the 20-capacity arena in Manchester. The fight was competitive, but in the 8th round, Usyk spectacularly sent Tony to the canvas of the ring, after which the referee recorded the victory of the Ukrainian by technical knockout. It is interesting that at the time of the stoppage of the fight, Bellew was winning according to the judges' evaluations, although this did not correspond to the pattern of the match. After this painful knockout, Tony ended his professional boxing career, and Usyk opened up new horizons — already within the heavyweight division. And the score in the imaginary competition between Usyk and England was 1:0.
Attempt #2. Victory over Chisora
Usyk made his heavyweight debut in the next fight. In Chicago, the Ukrainian defeated the American Chazz Witherspoon. And after that he went to London to meet Derek Chisora, a native of Zimbabwe, who moved to Great Britain with his parents at the age of 16. This fight took place thanks to the co-promotion agreement between the Ukrainian K2 and the British Matchroom Boxing, which was signed together with the contract for the Usyk - Belyu fight. Tony, like Chisora and Joshua, had contracts with Matchroom, so this collaboration opened Usyka's way to the Misty Albion market. Initially, the match was planned for March 2020, but due to the pandemic, it was postponed to October 31. Alexander defeated Derek on points in the presence of reigning champion Anthony Joshua. Evaluating this fight, British and American boxing experts agreed that Chisora Usyk had enough, but this level of boxing will not be enough to defeat Joshua. And already after the match between Joshua and Usyk, some claimed that Oleksandr specifically did not demonstrate his entire arsenal of skills, so that Joshua did not see great risks for himself and agreed to a fight with the Ukrainian.
Attempt #3. A historic victory in London
The next fight became historic for Usyk. The Ukrainian came to London, where on September 25, 2021, he met with the reigning champion Anthony Joshua at a crowded 70-seat Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. At stake in the megafight were three championship titles — WBA, IBF, WBO. The income from the fight was divided in the ratio of 80 to 20 in favor of Joshua, and the contract also stipulated a rematch in the event of a British defeat. Anthony was considered the undisputed favorite of the megafight. But Alexander had his own opinion on this matter. He confidently won on points, and in the 12th round, the Ukrainian was just a few seconds short of knocking out the Briton before the final gong. It was a brilliant historic victory for Usyk. And the score in our conditional competition Usyk - England was 3:0.
Attempt #4. Rage on the Red Sea
The full-scale invasion of Ukraine by country 404 has made adjustments to the date of the next battle. In the spring of 2022, Russian terrorists briefly occupied Vorzel, where Usyk's house was located, and even lived in it for a while. But soon the Armed Forces expelled the Orcs from the Kyiv region and Oleksandr received many requests from representatives of the Armed Forces to continue his professional boxing career. As a result, the rematch took place in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) on August 20, 2022 and was called Rage on the Red Sea. In this megafight, it was much more difficult for Usyk than in the previous match in London. Several times after Anthony's blows, the hearts of Usyk's fans beat very fast. But in the end, the victory by points of the Ukrainian did not raise questions for anyone. Except for Joshua, who had a nervous breakdown after the judges' scores were announced. But Anthony quickly pulled himself together, returned to the ring and apologized for his behavior. Let's add that Usyk's team agreed with the fight organizers that Oleksandr will pay taxes on his fee in Ukraine, which is a very rare phenomenon. After all, taxes are almost always paid in the country where the battle took place. And in our competition, the score becomes 4:0 in favor of Usyk.
Attempt #5. Almost home Wroclaw
After the rematch with Joshua, negotiations began regarding the organization of the fight between Usyk and Tyson Fury. Previously, the match was supposed to take place in London at the legendary 90-capacity Wembley football arena this spring. But the British actually broke off the negotiations. At first, he said he would only agree to a 70-30 split of the fight's revenue in his favor. Although, let's remind, Usyk is the champion of three leading world boxing versions WBA, IBF, WBO, and Tyson Fury only one (WBC). Usyk agreed to this proposal, but in turn set a condition for the British to donate a million pounds from this mega-fight in support of Ukraine. But Tyson's side set new conditions and Alexander's team was forced to withdraw from the negotiation process. As a result, on August 26, at the 2-seat football stadium in Wroclaw (Poland), K45 organized a fight against the mandatory contender for the British WBA title, Daniel Dubois. Usyk won the fight by technical knockout in the 9th round, and DuBois was remembered only for a blow below the belt, which was discussed for a long time in the British media. The score in the confrontation between Usyk and England was 5:0. Soon the Ukrainian will have a chance to clear the heavyweight from another bright representative of Great Britain. But this will probably be the most difficult exam in the professional boxing career for our champion.
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